Major storms can dramatically change
how a coast looks. Such storms represent a break in
the normal processes that occur along coasts. Significant
erosion, transport, and deposition of sediment occur
during storms.

National Ocean Service

Beach erosion
is a common result of the high waves that
occur when hurricanes move onto land.

NOAA

This 16-foot-high
wave is part of a storm surge associated with
Hurricane Eloise, a hurricane that hit Florida's
panhandle region in 1975.

NOAA

High winds
generate intense waves. Both wind and waves
contribute to reshaping coasts during storms.
This scene is from Miami, Florida in 1945.

USGS

Beach sand
deposited by high winds and waves covered
the road near these homes.